Drawing 7,  19.3 X 27.3 cm.

Chinese princess (?) with her assistant, standing in front of a brazier, by Hokusai.

Published in Hida no takumi monogatari, vol. 1, pp. 6B – 7A, in 1809. 

  Changes from drawing to print:
       Only one important one, the addition of text.

Artist's shorthand:

• The basket
• The plants behind the left-hand figure
• The rocks between the brazier and the jar on the right
• The hair and clothes.
   

Clearly drawn by the same hand in a very accomplished way, we can see, side by side, lines of both a delicate and violent nature: the brutal lines of the rocks and flames contrast the extreme fineness of the lines of the faces, hair, hands, and the very elegant silk coat.